Studies in Metahistory

Abstract
Historical narration: foundations, types, reason --
What is theory in history? --
Interests and objectivity in historical studies --
The development of narrative competence in historical learning: an ontogenetical hypothesis concerning moral consciousness --
Experience, interpretation, orientation: three dimensions of historical learning --
Theory of history in historical lectures: the German tradition of Historik 1750-1900 --
Rhetoric and aesthetics of history: Leopold von Ranke --
Jacob Burckhardt: political standpoint and historical insight on the border of postmodernism --
Paradigm shift and theoretical reflection in West German historical studies --
The development of history didactics in West Germany: towards a new self-awareness of historical studies --
New directions in historical studies --
Historical enlightenment in the light of postmodernism: history in the age of the "new unintelligibility".